Get Touchy Feely With Time

Although the blind will not be able to appreciate the simplistic style of Feel the Time, the practical approach of the design will be well received. The watch face features rotating discs with a tangible nub on each. Feeling the nub helps the blind read the time. Three−dimensional rings distinguish the discs from each other and a flexible membrane protects the face of the watch. A break at the 12’O Clock position acts as the guide for feeling the time accurately. Sight or no sight, the watch will look neat on any wrist. Designer: Anna Bieniek

The blind people wouldn’t “read” it, they are blind for a reason. But I know you meant, how would they be able to tell the time?

They use the three nubs with the one placed on the outer most ring as a guide. The middle one for the minutes, and the inner most nub for the hour. It’s prtty smart.

My suggestion though would be to make it so that there was a nub at every 3 hour point on the outer most ring and make the 12 o’clock nub feel different for the rest to more acurately read the time and maybe even help read the time faster I would assume. I don’t know though, but it’s a great concept. First time I’ve seen it, thats for sure 😛 I love this sight 🙂

very simliar in look to a watch that used to be availble from toykoflash (it seems to have been discontinued though )

i have always thought a watch you could tell the time from by feel would be a great idea – no more obvious “clock watching” in meetings or while someone is talking to you…. just an unobtrusive quick feel and you know !

Actually, we (ie blind people) do read… Braille, and proudly!!! BTW, where is this watch available? The Braille watches which have been available for years would more accurately be described as tactile watches, as they do simply have raised dots/markings around the dial (not Braille as such), with a vertical line or sometimes 2 or 3 dots at 12 o’clock and 2 dots at 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock and 9 o’clock, and a dot for the other numbers.